Thomas S. Harty

Thomas S. Harty is a member of the Commercial Litigation Group and focuses his practice on complex litigation across a number of disciplines. Thomas has 25 years of trial experience and has appeared in 16 states and 20 different state and federal courts. Over the course of the past 10 years, Thomas has served as lead trial counsel in cases that went to verdict and had collectively more than $1,000,000,000 at stake.

Thomas has a wide range of high-profile trial experience in contract claims, anti-competitive and unfair trade practices matters, including matters involving the Federal Trade Commission Act, business and securities fraud claims, shareholder litigation, complex estate and guardianship litigation, and business-related terminations.

His experience includes serving as counsel to:

• A trustee in a multi-jurisdictional guardianship, undue influence, and fraud matter which, following a 40-day trial, resulted in a $30,000,000 verdict.
• A national transportation agency and its principal in defeating claims for damages totaling in excess of $25,000,000 for breach of contract, fraud, and conversion.
• A retail operator of travel centers on a national basis in defeating claims for damages exceeding $1,000,000 for anti-competitive activities alleged by a competitor.
• A private investment and international factoring company in obtaining a judgment in the amount of $1,321,000 for fraud.
• A private equity and investment fund in recovering $3,000,000 for breach of contract.
• A hotel operator asserting environmental claims in recovering $7,000,000 in damages caused by a water source contaminated with legionella.
• A plaintiff in recovering $1,150,000 on grounds of undue influence, incompetence, and fraud in connection with the preparation of a family member’s will.
• A contractor in recovering judgments totaling $835,000 against its former employees and a check cashing agency for breach of fiduciary duty and violation of the Check Cashers Regulatory Act of 1993.
• A regional lender in recovering in excess of $6,000,000 in connection with a commercial loan fraud.
• The United States Trustee in obtaining $2,200,000 on a claim for negligent misrepresentation and fraud.
• A plaintiff in recovering $1,200,000 for breach of contract in connection with the sale of a personnel agency.

Thomas is a member of the American, Philadelphia, and New Jersey State Bar Associations, as well as the Association of Trial Lawyers of America.

Thomas received his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from St. Francis University. He earned his law degree and master of laws degree, with honors, from Villanova University School of Law.